KNOX – Grassroots celebrations of Canada’s 150th birthday are best
WHAT’S REMARKABLE isn’t that Pauline Stewart persuaded 96 of her Songhees Point neighbours to hang flags from their condo balconies for Canada’s 150th. No, what’s [Continue]
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KNOX – We Canadians have adopted ‘eh’ as a point of pride, eh?
JUST IN TIME for Canada’s 150th, here’s a surprise: We don’t really say “eh” that much. “ ‘Eh’ is used relatively infrequently in Canadian English,” Derek [Continue]
KNOX – Today, class, we’ll have a test on current events
GOOD MORNING, class. Today, we’ll focus on current events. Please write brief essays, based on the past week’s news. • After three weeks of nailbiting tension, Andrew [Continue]
KNOX – NDP-Green deal brings power to Vancouver Island after a long wait
JOHN HORGAN once spilled a beer on my sister at a Shamrocks game. Or maybe it was one of the guys he was with. We were down in the seats and they were standing along the rail [Continue]
KNOX – Leaping lizards! Under invasion by reptilian aliens with tiny hands
BEAUTIFUL DAY, perfect for golfing or fishing or, as was suggested with more force than necessary, working in the yard. So, I was outside, channelling my inner Chesnut when, [Continue]
KNOX – Policing’s gone high-tech, but it comes with a price
EARLY FRIDAY, Victoria police waded into an apartment where a drunken soap opera was in progress. Seems one tenant didn’t like the other tenant’s girlfriend being around [Continue]
KNOX – Bells, urinals and hallways: rookie MLAs have a lot of learning to do
ELIZABETH Cull’s advice for the first-time MLAs elected Tuesday? “Don’t be surprised if you see urinals in the women’s washrooms.” OK, maybe that’s just the way [Continue]
KNOX – Still undecided? Here’s a go-to guide for how to vote on May 9
STILL NOT SURE how to vote? To find where you fit on the political spectrum, try answering the questions in Jack’s Vote Compass. You’re welcome. Declaring that Canada has [Continue]
KNOX – Candidates on the fringe, where voices yearn to be heard
THE ODDS of Xaanja Ganja Free getting elected in Oak Bay-Gordon Head are slim. Canucks-winning-the-cup slim. Her name, while unique, is not well known. You have food in your [Continue]
KNOX – Candidates come bearing gifts, but few of them have any answers
THE DOORBELL RANG, which is never a good thing. What fresh hell is this? Religious zealots? Lawn aeration? Bottle drive? Nothing like trying to explain away the empties to a [Continue]
KNOX – Criticism of English usage, the gift that keeps on gifting
THE BBC thinks I should put down my pitchfork. Or, to be precise, a BBC.com opinion piece has — as a surprising number of readers alerted me gleefully — branded me a [Continue]
KNOX – With the provincial election about to begin, let the muck fly
I PLOPPED DOWN in front of the television, only to be confronted by a commercial featuring a wild-eyed man with horns growing out of his head. “The NDP’s John Horgan is [Continue]
KNOX – How pot, legal or not, spells trouble in the workplace
HERE’S SOMETHING to think of as Canada strolls toward marijuana-law reform: Even after smoking dope becomes legal, it could still cost you your job. It won’t even [Continue]
KNOX – The value of learning in your mother tongue first
MOUSTAPHA FALL had an upbringing familiar to a lot of Canadians. He spoke one language to Mom and Dad at home, then studied in another at school. So while he can understand [Continue]
